Storybook Capital Characters - Find them all! These characters leapt off the pages of children’s books and into the Storybook Capital. You will most likely see them at Storybook Saturdays and at the Children’s Art & Literacy Festival. Take your photo with them and collect all their autographs! Inspired by the work of Dr. Seuss

The Cat in the Hat shows up Who-ville Christmas feast. Look for the furry green at the house of Sally and Grinch in his Christmas outfit. her brother one rainy day when their mother is away. BOOK: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” Ignoring repeated objections AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel from the children’s fish, the Cat shows the children a few of his tricks and wrecks the The Lorax warns the Once-ler house. Good thing he has a to stop cutting down trees special machine to clean ev- to produce Thneeds. The erything up! Look for the Cat in his red and white Lorax explains he speaks for striped hat. the trees “for the trees have no tongues.” He accuses BOOK: “The Cat in the Hat” the Once-ler of greed, but it doesn’t stop him from AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel chopping down trees and building a factory. The Lorax complains that the tree chopping and factory smoke is harming the creatures that live there and The Grinch is a solitary crea- glumping the pond. When the trees run out, the ture whose heart is two sizes factory closes. Before the Lorax leaves, he writes too small. He attempts to “Unless” on a pile of rocks. The Once-ler figures put an end to Christmas by out it means that “unless someone like you cares a stealing holiday items from whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s the homes in Who-ville on not.” Look for the fuzzy yellow and orange Lorax. Christmas Eve. Despite his efforts, the residents still BOOK: “The Lorax” celebrate the holiday. The Grinch’s shrunken heart grows and he returns ev- AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel erything he stole and is the guest of honor at the

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Seymour is a curious little stacks of toys to watching a robot assembled from yellow and red bead boy a pile of junk come to life. Look for our Seymour, who first appears in the “Can a larger than life puppet that is nearly 8 feet tall! You See What I See” series. You can’t miss him. Later, Seymour is featured in his own series of books BOOK SERIES: “Can You See What I See?” along with his dog, Buttons. AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Walter Wick They go on many adventures together, from balancing COSTUME: Jesse Ray Inspired by the work of William Joyce

Toothiana is the colorful Sanderson Mansnoozie is also Queen of the Tooth Fairy known as the Sandman. This Armies in the Guardians of sleepy Guardian of Child- Childhood series. She is also hood brings children sweet known as the Tooth Fairy dreams. He spends his time and is featured in Book piloting a shooting star and Three. She and the other delivering wishes through Guardians work to stop constant dreaming. When Pitch, the Nightmare King. the Nightmare King attacks Toothiana is fierce and fast. him, he loses control of his She collects teeth because they contain childhood star and crashes to Earth. Look for Sandy wearing memories, including the memories of how to fly. his gold dust costume. Her special power? She can turn from one fairy into many in times of need. BOOK: “The Sandman and the War of Dreams” BOOK: “Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies” AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: William Joyce AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: William Joyce COSTUME: Richard Transki COSTUME: Richard Transki

E. Aster Bunnymund is also The Man in the Moon is the known as the Easter Bunny in very first Guardian of Child- the Guardians of Childhood hood. He recruits the other Series. His special power is Guardians and watches over super speed. He is known the dreams of the children of as a martial arts master and Earth. Like a giant nightlight for his Zen sense of humor. in the sky, MiM, as he is also Instead of hopping down the known, keeps nightmares bunny trail, Bunnymund is on away. His own family was the warpath. He is working attacked by Pitch, the Night- with the Guardians to defeat the evil Nightmare mare King. Now, MiM and the band of heroes he King. He is also the only emissary of the fabled recruited to serve as the Guardians work together brotherhood of the Pookas, a league of philosophi- to keep Pitch away. If you want to find MiM, look cal warrior rabbits of imposing size and intellect. for the glowing sphere. BOOK: “E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior BOOK: “The Man in the Moon” Eggs at the Earth’s Core!” AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: William Joyce AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: William Joyce COSTUME: Richard Transki COSTUME: Richard Transki

Jack Overland Frost was first known as Nightlight, a trusted Nicholas St. North , also known companion of MiM (Man in as Santa Claus, is a toy the Moon) in the Guardians of maker who wants to play, Childhood Series. But when have adventures and prac- Pitch the Nightmare King tice a little magic. Every- destroys MiM’s world he near- thing changes when he ly destroys Nightlight, too, meets Pitch, the Nightmare sending him plunging to Earth King, for the first time. Nick where he will remain a boy learns that he needs to use forever frozen in time. He creates frosty landscapes, his wizardry to help those earning the name Jack Overland Frost. He begins in trouble and becomes one of the Guardians of helping children in peril and soon becomes worthy Childhood. Look for Nick in his long red robe, of being a Guardian. Look for Jack wearing his blue white beard and red hat. hoodie with a frosty face. BOOK: “Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the BOOK: “Jack Frost” Nightmare King” AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: William Joyce AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: William Joyce COSTUME: Debbie Crawford COSTUME: Richard Transki Inspired by the work of David Shannon

Alice the Fairy has a mag- Duck had a good idea, and they start riding them, ic wand, fairy wings and a too! Clever Duck. Look for a big white duck on a blanket. She uses them to red bike. disappear, fly and transform her dad into a horse. Alice BOOK: “Duck on a Bike” is a Temporary Fairy, and AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David Shannon there’s still a few things she needs to learn to become a COSTUME: Richard Transki Permanent Fairy, like how to float her dog on the ceiling David always hears no from and make her clothes put themselves away. But his mom. No, no, no! Stop she’s working on it, sort of. Look for Alice in her jumping on your bed, stop pink dress, fairy wings and tiara. tracking mud through the BOOK: “Alice the Fairy” house and no baseball in- side. David might be naugh- AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David Shannon ty at times, but at the end of the day, his mom says COSTUME: Debbie Crawford she still loves him. Look for David in his blue and white Fergus is naughty but striped shirt, red pants and over-sized head. lovable. From chasing cats and motorcycles to being BOOK: “No, David!” scratched on his favorite AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David Shannon “tickle spot,” this sweet and silly character will have you COSTUME: Richard Transki laughing out loud at his mis- chievous antics. Look for the all-white terrier. Camilla Cream loves lima BOOK: “Good Boy, Fergus!” beans, but she doesn’t want AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David Shannon her friends to see her eat them. She wants to be just COSTUME: Richard Transki like them. One day, she wakes up to discover her Duck on a Bike was just regu- body is covered in stripes. lar Duck on a farm before he Soon she starts changing got a wild idea that he could into whatever patterns and ride a bike. He waddles over shapes the kids call out. Just to the boy’s bike, climbs on as Camilla is about to disappear into the walls of and begins to ride. He rides her room, she is persuaded to eat lima beans and slowly at first, wobbling. immediately, she is transformed into her true self. Then he starts having fun! He Look for the girl with the rainbow stripes. rides past Cow and waves, BOOK: “A Bad Case of Stripes” then past Sheep, Dog, Cat, Horse, Chicken and all the other farm animals. AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David Shannon They have mixed feelings about his bike riding. When a group of children rides their bikes up to COSTUME: Richard Transki the farm and leaves them, the animals decide Inspired by the work of Mark Teague

Good Night Dinosaur can’t go Ike is a clever dog. After to sleep without his blankie. terrorizing the neighbor cat Dinosaur doesn’t throw his and snatching one too many teddy bear about when it’s snacks from the kitchen time to turn the lights out. counter, he is sent off to He tucks in his tail and whis- Brotweiler Canine Academy. pers, “Good night!” Look for He writes a letter home to a big and green and purple his exasperated owner, Mrs. dinosaur holding his teddy LaRue, in which he describes bear and blankie. grim conditions and spins images of prison stripes and a ball-and-chain life. BOOK: “How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?” In reality, at Brotweiler, the pooches are served gourmet meals by waiters in white coats. Look for AUTHOR: Jane Yolen a large white terrier with black ears. ILLUSTRATOR: Mark Teague BOOK: “Dear Mrs. LaRue” COSTUME: Richard Transki AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mark Teague COSTUME: Richard Transki Wallace Bleff didn’t spend his summer vacation at camp or at Grandma’s house. He Poppleton is a polite city pig claims he spent it out west … adjusting to small-town life on a ride, a rope and a round and new friends. He be- up he will never forget. Wal- comes chums with Cherry lace says he was captured Sue the llama, Fillmore the by cowboys, who taught him goat and Hudson the mouse. some cowboy tricks, from Look for the pig wearing a roping and riding to making fire with sticks. Now proper suit jacket, button-up he’s known as Kid Bleff. Look for him in the spiffy shirt, tie and black bowler Western outfit the cowboys gave him – hat, chaps, hat. boots and all. AUTHOR: Cynthia Rylant BOOK: “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” ILLUSTRATOR: Mark Teague AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mark Teague COSTUME: Richard Transki COSTUME: Rachel McNiece and Ashley Delaney

Parrot is one of the creatures Dragon comes from Mrs. Jen- that visits Jack in the tree kins’ Flying Dragon Room. house that he built. They She built the room with all come to hear Jack read her special tools. She lends a book about a boy who that same toolbox to a boy lives in a tree house by the named Patrick, who builds sea and all the animals are his own imaginative rooms. his friends. Look for parrot’s He leads Mrs. Jenkins and his colorful red costume and family through the rooms, yellow beak. which included the Subter- ranean Room, the Bubble Room, the Food Room, BOOK: “The Tree House That Jack Built” the Jumping Room and the Friendly Wild Animal Room. Look for the green and yellow friendly AUTHOR: Bonnie Verburg Dragon. ILLUSTRATOR: Mark Teague BOOK: “The Flying Dragon Room” AUTHOR: Audrey Wood ILLUSTRATOR: Mark Teague COSTUME: Shop Mascot Inspired by the work of Garth Williams

Mama Cat isn’t happy The Goldilocks doesn’t know The Three Little Kittens have lost Three Bears live in the house in their mittens. They begin to cry. the forest. She knocks and no Then she tells them they are one answers. She enters and naughty and cannot have pie. sits in their chairs, eats their The kittens find their mittens porridge and lies on their beds. and what is their reward? Pie! When the bears arrive home, Find Mama Cat wearing her they are not happy someone apron and pulling a wagon of has broken Baby Bear’s chair, kittens. tasted their porridge and laid in their beds. And that someone is still there sleeping! BOOK: “Three Bedtime Stories” Goldilocks wakes up, sees the bears and runs into the forest. Look for her golden locks of hair and pink dress. ILLUSTRATOR: Garth Williams The furry brown bear family won’t be far behind! COSTUME: Richard Transki BOOK: “Three Bedtime Stories” ILLUSTRATOR: Garth Williams

The Big Bad Wolf keeps huffing COSTUME: Richard Transki and puffing, and the Three Little Pigs keep trying to build stur- dier homes to keep him at bay. Finally, one little pig builds a Laura Ingalls is the tomboy brick house. When the Big Bad of the family, preferring fishing Wolf threatens to come down and baseball to doing more his chimney, the little pig has a ladylike activities. Her dog, surprise for him! Look for the Jack, is a favorite companion. wolf and the three pigs all wearing overalls. She loves to listen to Pa play his fiddle. Her family has moved BOOK: “Three Bedtime Stories” numerous times on the frontier in a covered wagon, living in log ILLUSTRATOR: Garth Williams cabins, a sod house and even a dugout. Look for Laura wearing pigtails, a calico frontier COSTUME: Richard Transki & Shop Mascot dress and white apron and bonnet. BOOK: “Little House on the Prairie” AUTHOR: Laura Ingalls Wilder ILLUSTRATOR: Garth Williams COSTUME: Rachel McNiece Inspired by the work of Garth Williams

Wilbur the pig doesn’t go any- eat her. Look for a rather tall white mouse with a red where without his best friend, shirt and dark gray pants. Charlotte the spider. When Mr. Zuckerman decides to slaugh- BOOK: “Stuart Little” ter Wilbur, Charlotte hatches a AUTHOR: E.B. White plan to save the pig’s life. The spider secretly weaves words ILLUSTRATOR: Garth Williams praising Wilbur into her web. The pig becomes famous. The COSTUME: Richard Transki Zuckermans enter him into the county fair, where he is awarded a special medal and spared from ending up on the dinner table. Look for the pink pig with a medal around his neck carrying his The Cricket in Times Square spider friend. chirps beautiful music. He can chirp opera selections, classical BOOK: “Charlotte’s Web” music pieces and hymns. When the New York Times prints a AUTHOR: E.B. White letter about the cricket’s music, ILLUSTRATOR: Garth Williams people flood to the news- stand where he lives to hear COSTUME: Richard Transki his concerts. Soon the cricket decides he wants to return to the peaceful countryside and gives one final concerts that causes Times Square and blocks of New York City to fall still, with everyone listening to his music. Look for Stuart Little is a brave, adven- the bluish cricket jumping around the Storybook Capital turous and courteous white with the help of a puppeteer. mouse raised by a human fam- ily called the Littles. He partici- BOOK: “The Cricket in Times Square” pates in a model sailboat race, protects the family’s pet bird, AUTHOR: George Selden Margalo, from Snowbell the cat and even works as a substitute ILLUSTRATOR: Garth Williams teacher. He is still searching for his friend Margalo, who fled after Snowbell wanted to PUPPET: Richard Transki Inspired by the work of Oliver Jeffers

Planet Earth is made up of Pea Green Crayon is tired of land and sea, and there is coloring peas. He’s not even lots to see and do in both sure people like his color. places. There are wonderful So he decides to change his things in the sea and ani- name and run away to see mals of all shapes, sizes and the world. His new name is colors. There’s also many Esteban the Magnificent! One kinds of people in different rainy day, Esteban returns shapes, sizes and colors. after seeing the world, for- Things move slowly on Earth. ever a changed crayon from More often, they move quickly. Earth looks big, his experiences. Look for the green crayon with a but there are lots of us here. So be kind. There is yellow super hero cape and a red sack on a stick. enough for everyone. Look for the big blue globe. BOOK: “The Day the Crayons Came Home” BOOK: “Here We Are” AUTHOR: Drew Daywalt AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Oliver Jeffers ILLUSTRATOR: Oliver Jeffers COSTUME: Richard Transki COSTUME: Richard Transki

Marcel the Moose meets a boy named Wilfred. Soon, Wil- Neon Red Crayon has fun fred is explaining to Marcel memories of drawing a the rules of being a good picture of Duncan’s dad’s pet. Sometimes, it seems sunburn, but not so good like Marcel is not listening memories of being dropped to Wilfred or going the way by the hotel pool and left. he wants to go. The moose After eight months of wait- provides good shelter during ing, Neon Red decides to rain and knocks things down that Wilfred can’t walk back home. On the way reach. Their friendship is tested when Wilfred dis- back, he travels through Chi- covered someone else thinks she owns Marcel. The na, Canada and France – he thinks. He also sees two make up and reach a compromise. The moose the Amazon Rain Forest and in Cleveland, he hikes will follow Wilfred’s rules – when it suits him. Look the Great Wall of China! Look for Neon Red wear- for the brown moose. ing a sombrero and a kilt and carrying a suitcase with stickers from his travels around the world. BOOK: “This Moose Belongs to Me” BOOK: “The Day the Crayons Came Home” AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Oliver Jeffers AUTHOR: Drew Daywalt COSTUME: Shop Mascot ILLUSTRATOR: Oliver Jeffers COSTUME: Richard Transki Inspired by the work of Oliver Jeffers

Penguin shows up on the Martian mails the boy a walkie-talkie so they can boy’s door. The boy thinks stay in touch. Look for the boy in the red airplane. the penguin is lost. When the boy discovers penguins BOOK: “The Way Back Home” come from the South Pole, AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Oliver Jeffers they row south in his boat. They make it to the South COSTUME: Richard Transki Pole, but the penguin looks sad. When the boy rows away, the penguin looks sad- der. Maybe the penguin was not lost, just lonely. Bear wants nothing more The boy returns to the penguin and the two em- than to win the paper air- brace and go home together as best friends. Look plane competition. But when for the big black and white penguin. he runs out of paper and the forest trees start miss- BOOK: “Lost and Found” ing limbs, the animals grow AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Oliver Jeffers suspicious. They launch an investigation. A paper COSTUME: Richard Transki & Shop Mascot airplane is found with the bear’s paw prints all over it. The boy in the airplane lifts Bear confesses in court and promises to plant new off into the sky and zooms trees. Everyone gathers up the old paper airplanes higher and higher. He runs and they make a giant new one. Look for the out of fuel and is stuck on brown bear with the red knitted hat. the moon. At the same time, BOOK: “The Great Paper Caper” someone else is having trouble in his spaceship. The AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Oliver Jeffers Martian also lands on the moon. Together, they think COSTUME: Richard Transki of ways to fix their machines. Then they both return to their own homes. Missing his friend, the